Catalogue sample
Products, variants, properties, custom fields, advanced prices, media, and filters are reviewed.
Shopify PartnerShopware to Shopify Migration Service
We map Shopware products, variants, custom fields, pricing rules, customers, orders, Shopping Experiences, integrations, and URLs into Shopify.
What migrates from Shopware to Shopify
Shopware rules often carry business logic as well as data. This is how the main records usually map to Shopify.
Products and variants
YesProducts, variants, product numbers, prices, stock and media move to Shopify products and variants. Variant-heavy catalogues are checked against Shopify's variant and option limits.
URLs and 301 redirects
YesSEO URLs are mapped to Shopify URLs with permanent redirects.
SEO metadata
YesMeta titles and descriptions move to Shopify's SEO fields, per language where translations exist.
Customers
YesProfiles and addresses migrate.
Order history
YesHistorical orders are imported and linked to customers without triggering emails, payments or stock changes.
Categories and manufacturers
YesCategories become collections; manufacturers move to the vendor field or collections.
Reviews
Yes, via a review appShopware product reviews are imported into your chosen Shopify review app.
Shopping Experiences and blog content
Yes, with mappingLayouts are rebuilt as theme sections and templates; content moves to pages, blogs and metaobjects.
Properties and custom fields
Yes, with mappingProperties become metafields that can power storefront filters; custom fields move to metafields or metaobjects.
Customer groups and advanced prices
Yes, with mappingThey become customer tags with discounts, or Shopify B2B catalogues where pricing depends on the buyer.
Subscriptions
DependsSubscription plugins move to a Shopify subscription app; saved payment details depend on your payment gateway.
Gift cards and store credit
PartlyBalances held in plugins are reconciled and recreated as Shopify gift cards or store credit.
Promotions and vouchers
RecreatedPromotions are rebuilt as Shopify discounts, or Shopify Functions where Rule Builder logic is more complex.
Sales channels and languages
Yes, with mappingLanguages and currencies map to Shopify Markets; separate sales channels may become expansion stores.
Shopware data and rules need more than a standard export
Properties, Rule Builder conditions, advanced prices, sales channels, custom fields, and Shopping Experiences all influence the right Shopify setup.
A reliable Shopware migration preserves the intent behind rules and content, not the original implementation. We document those decisions so merchant teams understand how the new Shopify store works after handover.
See our complex catalogue work for Seal Skin Covers.
- 01Properties & variants
- 02Rules & sales channels
- 03Shopping Experiences
Our Shopware to Shopify migration process
- 1.
Version and feature audit
We identify the Shopware version, editions, sales channels, plugins, themes, custom fields, rules, integrations, and operational dependencies.
- 2.
Data and rule mapping
Products, properties, advanced prices, customers, orders, content, SEO, and Rule Builder behaviour are assigned to Shopify destinations.
- 3.
Repeatable test migration
Data transforms are rehearsed and reconciled, with representative complex products, prices, customers, orders, and content checked early.
- 4.
Storefront and integrations
We build the Shopify storefront, content editing model, Markets setup, apps, Functions, and operational integrations.
- 5.
Business journey validation
Merchandising, pricing, promotions, search, accounts, checkout, payments, shipping, tax, analytics, and redirects are tested.
- 6.
Cutover and monitoring
Final sync, domain, redirects, tracking, operational handover, support coverage, and post-launch monitoring are coordinated.
Migration risk assessment
What we review before your Shopware migration
We identify the Shopware structures and rules that need the most attention before a Shopify scope is agreed.
Rule inventory
Pricing, promotions, shipping, payment, tax, customer, and cart conditions are grouped by target solution.
Content model review
Shopping Experiences, category layouts, landing pages, localisation, and SEO fields are inventoried.
You receive a scoped migration approach, major risks, dependencies, and the decisions needed before implementation.
Book a risk assessment
Migration apps vs a managed migration
Apps such as Cart2Cart and LitExtension connect to Shopware and copy common records into Shopify, while import tools such as Matrixify load prepared spreadsheets. For a straightforward catalogue they are a quick, cost-effective way to move data.
When a migration app is usually enough
- A modest catalogue with simple products and variants
- Few integrations, apps or custom fields to carry over
- Limited organic traffic, so redirects can be handled with a short list
- An in-house team with time to check the imported data and fix exceptions
When a managed migration is worth it
- Organic search matters and every indexable URL needs a mapped redirect
- Custom fields, complex options, B2B pricing or subscriptions need deliberate mapping
- ERP, fulfilment, marketing or other integrations must keep working on day one
- You need record-level reconciliation, rehearsal imports and a planned cutover
A managed migration can still use these tools where they fit. The difference is that one team owns the result, from mapping to launch.
Shopware to Shopify migration FAQ
A Shopware to Shopify migration typically takes 4–6 weeks depending on catalogue size, integrations and design scope.
We confirm the timeline after the risk assessment, once data volumes, integrations and the storefront scope are clear.
It depends on scope: the size and complexity of the catalogue, which data needs to move, the integrations and custom functionality involved, and whether the storefront is being redesigned or rebuilt.
We don't quote a figure before we've seen the store. The risk assessment comes first and gives you a scoped approach to price against.
No. Your Shopware store stays live and keeps trading while we build and test the Shopify store separately. Any short content or order freeze is agreed with you in advance.
We crawl each relevant sales channel, inventory product, category, content, and localised URLs, map permanent redirects, preserve useful metadata, and monitor indexing and traffic after launch.
Customer passwords can't be transferred because they are stored as one-way hashes, so customers activate their Shopify accounts or sign in with a one-time code.
Anything else that can't move directly is documented with a replacement plan rather than silently dropped.
Yes. The extraction method and source structures differ, so we confirm the exact version, plugins, customisations, and available APIs before defining the migration pipeline.